Cameras

Leica FOTOS is a Universal Smartphone App for Leica Cameras

Leica FOTOS is a Universal Smartphone App for Leica Cameras

Leica has announced a new smartphone app called FOTOS that’s compatible with a number of Leica cameras. With multiple Leica cameras supporting wireless connectivity now, FOTOS is one app that rules them all. “In the past, Leica Camera offered a wide range of apps that could be downloaded and installed for various different cameras,” Leica […]

Kodak Ektachrome is Now Shipping

Kodak Ektachrome is Now Shipping

After nearly two years of building up anticipation, Kodak Alaris has just announced that it has started shipping Kodak Professional Ektachrome E100 film worldwide. If you’ve been dying to get your hands on the film stock again, you’ll be able to very soon. The new Ektachrome will initially be available in 35mm film rolls in […]

The Nikon Z7 Louis Vuitton Edition

The Nikon Z7 Louis Vuitton Edition

Behold: the ultra-uber-limited Nikon Z7 Louis Vuitton edition. The 24K gold camera is wrapped in soft albino buckskin covered with the luxury label’s famous LV monogram. Only 7 will be produced with each camera (bundled with a 24-70mm f/4S lens and exotic strap) priced at $7 million. Just kidding. Photographer Boonlert Rojanaboworn, the operator of […]

Polarr Deep Crop Uses AI to Auto-Crop Your Photos ‘Like a Pro’

Polarr Deep Crop Uses AI to Auto-Crop Your Photos ‘Like a Pro’

The photo editing software company Polarr has launched a new iOS app called Deep Crop that uses AI to crop your photos ” like a professional photographer.” “Over the last 3 years, we’ve been exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and human-computer interactions,” the company says. “The products we build are a result of that […]

Finding Beauty in the Mundane as a Photographer

Finding Beauty in the Mundane as a Photographer

I like who I am when I’m being creative — that’s the basic fact. I love taking photos, just like I love having a long walk through the hills near me in Spain. I have to remember that these things bring me joy. And who doesn’t want a life of maximum joy? So I am […]

This $10 DIY ‘Periscope’ Lets You Shoot Underwater with Any Camera

This $10 DIY ‘Periscope’ Lets You Shoot Underwater with Any Camera

Want a cheap way of shooting right under the surface of water without having to buy a special housing for your camera? Alex over at I did a thing recently built himself a PVC periscope-style device for a total cost of around $10, and the results are great. Here’s a 5-minute video in which Alex […]

Very Nice… How Much?! On Day Rates in Commercial Photography

Very Nice… How Much?! On Day Rates in Commercial Photography

It’s standard practice for commercial photography clients to ask photographers for their ‘day rate’. Most estimates that photographers provide start with a day rate before going on to production costs and expenses. Now I used to think I could simply take it for granted that anyone involved in the industry would be able to appreciate […]

This Photo Took 3 Months of Planning and 5 Hours of Arranging Flowers

This Photo Took 3 Months of Planning and 5 Hours of Arranging Flowers

“I Bloom For You” is a new photo in my series I Found The Silence. The idea was created in June 2018, and it was followed by 3 months of planning. The main inspiration was to escape beyond the limits of everyday existence, somewhere where a man can be himself. Escape to a place where […]

Photographer Sues Netflix for Using His Storm Photo for ‘Stranger Things’

Photographer Sues Netflix for Using His Storm Photo for ‘Stranger Things’

A Montana photographer has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the media juggernaut of using one of his storm photos without permission for the hit sci-fi show Stranger Things. We first covered photographer Sean R. Heavey’s complaint against Netflix back in May 2018 after he discovered a portion of his photo being used […]

What if All Photographers Had the Same Gear?

What if All Photographers Had the Same Gear?

What if you had the same camera, lighting and subject matter as everyone else. A groundhog day for a photographer so to speak. If we all have the same gear what would make you different? Imagine you had no way of visually showing someone any of your work, and they ask you to describe what […]